Re: Value of KED (was Re: Extrication practice???)

Oh it was fun then, I was 16 y/o, had an advanced first aid &
Emergency Care Card and a CPR card, both Red Cross and
was allowed to be an AIC (AT 16!!!).  and that was in 1979.

Thank God not long after we had to be EMT-As, which was
a hell of a lot more content than the EMT-B I took when I
re-entered the field a year ago!!

Patrick H. Mason MS EMT-B
Cardiac Tech/EMT-I intern
Virginia

"Mike Painter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "W4PHM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > One of the best opinions on the KED I have ever read.
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> > I was in EMS when the KED first came out to us in the
> > field.  I started when we were using half back boards
> > and cravats.
> You had cravats? Probably had them fancy Thomas splints to.
> (I started in 61)
> "Training" was a first aid class where the instructor kept defering to us
> and teh ER nurse was the one who knew where the key to the ER was...
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> I agree with the KED idea but I say keep them for a while.
> They are great for kids and I saw one used to stabalize a hip the other
day.
> There's a gadgit on the market for that but the Ked looks and acts a lot
> like it.
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